Pratim Biswas

Pratim Biswas is currently the Dean of Engineering, University of Miami, since January 2021. He was the Lucy and Stanley Lopata Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, Asst. Vice Chancellor for International Programs, and Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also Director of MAGEEP, the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environmental Partnership. He received his doctoral degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena in 1985, and his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1980. He was elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2019 "for advancing the science of aerosol dynamics and particle removal technologies."

He has graduated and advised 60 PhD students, and with them published more than 450 refereed journal articles. He is one of the top aerosol research scientists in the world with one of the best and most well-equipped aerosol labs in the USA. A key area of application of his work has been in the Energy and Environmental technology arena.

Career
Biswas began his academic career on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati, where he rose through the ranks to become a full professor and director of the university's Environmental Engineering Science Division and also spent a one-year sabbatical at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He moved to Washington University as the inaugural Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor in 2000.

At Washington University he has assembled a strong group of aerosol researchers who collectively work on a range of topics in aerosol science and engineering. These faculty work in areas of aerosol science and technology ranging from particle formation, growth, transport, measurement, control and applications. From 2006 to 2007 he was a President of the American Association for Aerosol Research. Dr. Biswas is the current President of the International Aerosol Research Assembly.

Currently, he is the Dean, College of Engineering, University of Miami; and Professor in the Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering and Atmospheric Sciences (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences). He has established a bold strategic vision for Miami Engineering

Major awards

 * Kenneth Whitby Award from the American Association for Aerosol Research, 1991
 * Fellow, Academy of Sciences, St. Louis, 2003
 * Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2011
 * Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University in St. Louis, 2012
 * David Sinclair Award, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2013
 * International Aerosol Research Assembly (IARA) Fellow Award, 2014
 * Lawrence K. Cecil Award, AIChE, Environmental Engineering Division, 2015
 * White Award, International Society for Electrostatic Precipitation, 2016
 * Fellow, Association for Environmental Engineering Science Professors (AEESP), 2017
 * Fuchs Memorial Award, Outstanding contributions in Aerosol Science and Technology, 2018
 * Simon Freese Award, ASCE
 * Member, National Academy of Engineering, Elected, 2019